Subject: [Oversea] Vancouver winter birding 2013 [Print This Page] Author: LCY Time: 14/12/2013 13:19 Subject: Vancouver winter birding 2013
Just come back from a recent visit to Vancouver from September 2013 to December 2013.
As this is not mainly a bird-watching trip, I only go birding during free time.
Just to share with birders that during this season, most birds seen are all year round in Vancouver and wintering visitor from the northern region. A total of 126 species were seen. The locations of birding I went are based on the below link (with detailed description of what kind of bird you may see): http://www.naturevancouver.ca/Birding_Birding_Sites
As Vancouver is located in a migratory route of birds, there are many waders can be found during spring and autumn. For the winter time, you may see some wintering visitors like: Snow Goose, Snowy Owl and Snow Bunting. And there are many places for birding within an hour of driving.
Species encountered
Snow Goose, Brant, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Sooty Grouse, Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Western Grebe, Brandt's Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Virginia Rail, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Black Oystercatcher, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Black Turnstone, Dunlin, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Snipe, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, Bonaparte's Gull, Heermann's Gull, Mew Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove, Snowy Owl, Barred Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Shrike, Gray Jay, Steller's Jay, Blue Jay, Black-billed Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Bushtit, Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, Marsh Wren, Bewick's Wren, American Dipper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Varied Thrush, European Starling, American Pipit, Cedar Waxwing, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Spotted Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Pine Grosbeak, House Finch, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow.
And mammal seen are:
Orca/Killer Whale, Humpback whale, Harbour Seal, California Sea Lion, Stellar Sea Lion, Harbour Porpoise, Dall's Porpoise, Northern River Otter, North American Beaver, European Squirrel, Douglas squirrel, Coyote, Raccoon, Deer, European Rabbit, Red Fox.
